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Do you think we will see a coordinator in the booth
Jan 13, 2025, 6:16 PM
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Read where Allen has been part of this season. I know Tony was when we had co offensive coordinators. Just see it regularly from other teams and wondered if that’s a Dabo thing to have them on sideline.
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Jan 13, 2025, 7:02 PM
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Heard it was Franklin's idea to be in the booth and Allen was against it. I expect him to be on the sidelines.
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Jan 13, 2025, 8:12 PM
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He’ll be eating grass on the sideline …
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I read that Franklin suggested Allen be in the booth but left it up to him.
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Jan 13, 2025, 10:14 PM
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The first game it was discussed, Allen said no. The next game, he said yes and decided to continue.
Hopefully Dabo will let him decide too.
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Re: I read that Franklin suggested Allen be in the booth but left it up to him.
Jan 13, 2025, 11:17 PM
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Jan 13, 2025, 7:05 PM
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It sounds like his preference is on the sidelines, though he did say he improved by moving to the booth (not sure if that’s accurate or coach speak to keep the peace with Franklin).
My guess would be Allen on the sideline and analyst in the booth. Sideline intensity has been lacking and Allen can bring it, IMO.
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Re: Do you think we will see a coordinator in the booth
Jan 13, 2025, 7:55 PM
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I’m thinking Allen on the sideline and son in the booth.
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Jan 13, 2025, 8:00 PM
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Nah. Someone much more experienced and established in the booth. His son is just getting started as an analyst.
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I know a guy named Wes who would be perfect in the booth.***
Jan 13, 2025, 10:09 PM
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Re: Do you think we will see a coordinator in the booth
Jan 13, 2025, 11:38 PM
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No, Franklin forced him into the booth. I'm guessing that's alot of the reason why Allen left, Franklin is a micro manager.
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More info
Jan 14, 2025, 4:20 AM
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Tom Allen typically coaches on the sideline during games. As a head coach, he values being actively involved with his players, providing direct communication, energy, and motivation. His coaching style emphasizes a hands-on, passionate approach, which aligns with being on the sideline rather than in the booth.
When he served as a defensive coordinator, he was also known for being on the sideline, where he could interact with players and adjust strategies directly during games. This approach reflects his philosophy of connection and accountability with his teams.
Tom Allen has traditionally coached from the sideline during games, valuing direct interaction and emotional connection with his players. However, during his tenure as Penn State's defensive coordinator in 2024, he transitioned to the coaches' booth after the initial games to gain a broader perspective and enhance communication. This move was discussed with head coach James Franklin, who noted that Allen hadn't been in the booth for a long time due to his head coaching responsibilities.
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Allen himself acknowledged the benefits of this change, stating, "I feel so much better about what I can see... Being upstairs helps me a lot to counter some of those things that offenses can do so well."
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"Coach (Franklin) came to me, probably after the second game, and we talked about it, and I wasn't really sure about it. I talked to some other guys, talked to our coaches, just went to the pros and cons of it all. You know, the obvious thing was, I hadn't been up there for a long time, and I didn't like the emotional detachment from the game that you kind of feel when you're in the box. (I'm a) hands-on emotional, passionate guy. That's kind of been me."
"But at the same time, things kept coming back up as I thought about it, and Coach and I kept talking about it. With the way the technology is today, with the iPads that we have, with the communication with the green dot for the linebacker, with the the new rule of our analysts being able to coach now, and having all the positions covered with me being one of those guys that's meeting with them and correcting things. The first couple of games, even though I was on the sideline, I wasn't the one with the linebackers. Dan Connor was already at that point working with them and handling things, so I was able to oversee the whole defense that way. So it kind of made a lot of sense."
"Where can I be in the best position to have the best opportunity to give our guys the best call possible? And I just think the things that were in place here from how our guys play, with how we coach and how the guys handle things, it's just a situation of me and Dex (safeties coach Anthony Poindexter) switching places. And so, I can honestly tell you that I feel so much better about what I can see. Even though, yeah, you got the iPad on the sidelines, it's not quite the same of seeing it from up top, and the flow, and the substitutions ,and also just the tempo of the quarterback. Being upstairs helps me a lot to counter some of those things that offenses can do so well"
"(Another) switch we made was, I was the one talking to the Mike backer. It really was a matter of just me giving the call. Well, Coach (Franklin) said, 'Hey, just think about this. Just take one less thing that you have to think about, pressing a button and and communicating. Dan can do that.' He's in a position, he's on the sideline, he can see things that he can give them a couple nuggets of thoughts, even beyond just the call, while I'm thinking more about the big picture of everything. So it's actually been a really good addition as well."
"I think we kind of cleaned that out, and we were actually having some issues with the mics, just the communication of it wasn't working. It didn't work in the West Virginia game. We had to quit using it. In the Bowling Green game they couldn't hear because of the crowd noise on the field. It was just some background noise. It was making it hard to communicate. So so anyways, bottom line was, I feel like that, as you see, after several games doing it, it's helped us. I really do. And I feel more comfortable up there. I think it took a little bit of time to get used to it, but we had great communication with our coaches. They do a great job communicating things to our players. I think it's definitely what we're going to stay with moving forward".
“I’ll be on the field,” Allen said in June. “I’ve done both, and I liked what I could see [in the press box], and I love to be able to just block out all the noise. But, I felt I always lost the emotional connection of the game. I like the flow of the game. I like to be able to get with players face-to-face and feel the emotion, good or bad. And I think that I’m a pretty high-energy guy. I think I’d be a caged tiger in the press box … as a matter of fact, I guarantee you I would be.”
This adjustment reflects Allen's adaptability and commitment to optimizing defensive performance, even if it means altering his traditional coaching methods. Allen will likely have the choice of where he will coach during games.
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